Program seeks to reduce state’s prison population

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Vicki Nicholls of Green Bay poses for a portrait inside the Manitowoc County Courthouse circuit court branch 3 courtroom in Manitowoc, Wis. Nicholls is participating in a program which substitutes traditional punishments with alternative treatments. (AP Photo/Herald Times Reporter, Matthew Apgar)

A more humane, less costly alternative to throwing drug addicts into prison is a key goal of a Lakeshore-area social justice group.

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Recommendations for treatment courts include money for evaluation

August 20, 2014 4:29 pm Leave a comment

A legislative study committee voted Wednesday to recommend several changes to Wisconsin’s treatment courts system.

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State’s drug courts grow, but racial disparities persist

August 17, 2014 6:38 am Leave a comment

$Racine County Judge Gerald Ptacek applauds after a defendant relates a story of success or progress in Racine County\’s Alcohol and Drug Treatment Court during this April 2012 session. Drug courts such as this one in Racine are seen as an effective way to cut incarceration costs and recidivism. But minority defendants in Wisconsin tend to be underrepresented in these diversion programs.$

Even before Dane County Circuit Judge Sarah O’Brien crunched the numbers, she knew something was amiss. Her strongest evidence: “The courtroom didn’t look right when I walked in.”

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TAD programs to get additional $1.5M

June 23, 2014 1:54 pm Leave a comment

The state Attorney General’s Office is allocating $1.5 million in grants to 14 criminal diversion programs across the state.

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State to help courts establish treatment programs

August 23, 2013 7:22 pm Leave a comment

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced a grant program Friday that will divvy $1.5 million between county court systems in Wisconsin that do not have a treatment or diversion program for defendants.

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Abrahamson says state’s court system provides high rate of return

February 6, 2013 2:17 pm Leave a comment

Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson said during Wednesday's state of the courts speech that more must be done to ensure money the courts are requesting for the 2015-17 biennial budget. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

The financial partnership between Wisconsin counties and the state court system provides a justice system with a high rate of return on investment for the people of Wisconsin, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson told members of the Wisconsin Counties Association on Wednesday.

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